DDL::Oracle - A Perl tool to reverse engineer the DDL of Oracle
objects, by Richard Sutherland.
Copyright (c) 2000 Richard Sutherland, United States
See COPYRIGHT section in Oracle.pm for usage and distribution rights.
QUICK START GUIDE:
DDL::Oracle requires the DBI and DBD::Oracle modules to talk to the
database. It is designed to reverse engineer DDL for Oracle 8i
instances.
Read the DBI README then Build/test/install the DBI by doing
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install
Then delete the source directory tree since it's no longer needed.
Use the 'perldoc DBI' command to read the DBI documentation.
Fetch the DBD::Oracle driver module and unpack it. Install it the
same way by doing
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install
The DBI.pm file contains the DBI specification and other documentation.
PLEASE READ IT. It'll save you asking questions on the mailing list
which you will be told are already answered in the documentation. If you
cannot connect to Oracle, then your problem is with your Perl, DBI or
DBD::Oracle installation(s). Please solve these problems before reporting
problems with DDL::Oracle.
For more information and to keep informed about progress on DDL::Oracle, you
can join the mailing list via
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ddl-oracle/
See also http://www.perl.com/CPAN/
BEFORE BUILDING, TESTING AND INSTALLING DDL::Oracle you will need to:
Build, test and install Perl 5 (preferably 5.004_04 or later).
It is very important to test it and actually install it!
(You can use "Configure -Dprefix=..." to build a private copy.)
Build, test and istall the DBI and DBD::Oracle modules.
BUILDING DDL::Oracle
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install (if the tests look okay)
IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS:
If you can't fix it yourself, please email details to:
ddl-oracle-users@lists.sourceforge.net.
I'm on the mailing list, so I'll see the message. Please include:
1. A complete log of a complete build, e.g.:
perl Makefile.PL (do a make realclean first)
make
make test
make install
2. Full details of which version of Oracle you're using.
3. The output of perl -V
Please don't post problems to comp.lang.perl.* or perl5-porters.
This software is supported via the ddl-oracle-users mailing list. For
more information and to keep informed about progress you can join the
mailing list via http://sourceforge.net/projects/ddl-oracle/. On the
SourceForge site for this project, there is also an Open Discussion
forum (where you are encouraged to submit suggestions and RFC's) and a
Bug Tracking list.
It is important to check that you are using the latest version before
posting. If you're not then I'm *very* likely to simply say "upgrade to
the latest". You would do yourself a favor by upgrading beforehand.
There is pod documentation for using DDL::Oracle in the Oracle.pm file.
From the .../DDL directory, try 'pod2text Oracle.pm'.
Please remember that I'm (hopefully employed and) busy. Try to help
yourself first, then try to help me help you by following these
guidelines carefully. (Note specifically that I'm unlikely to answer a
question that's answered clearly in the on-line documentation.)
Regards,
Richard Sutherland
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